The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective.
The company's Refinitiv ESG score, based on a ranking of the company relative to its industry, comes out particularly well.
Highlights: Barrick Gold Corporation
Its core activity has a significant growth potential and sales are expected to surge, according to Standard & Poor's' forecast. Indeed, those may increase by 50% by 2026.
The company's earnings per share (EPS) are expected to grow significantly over the next few years according to the consensus of analysts covering the stock.
Before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the company's margins are particularly high.
The company returns high margins, thereby supporting business profitability.
Thanks to a sound financial situation, the firm has significant leeway for investment.
Over the past year, analysts have regularly revised upwards their sales forecast for the company.
Growth remains a strong point in this company. In their sales forecast, analysts sound optimistic with regard to sales prospects.
For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.
Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
The difference between current prices and the average target price is rather important and implies a significant appreciation potential for the stock.
The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been strongly revised upwards over the last four months.
Consensus analysts have strongly revised their opinion of the company over the past 12 months.
Analysts' price targets are all relatively close, reflecting good visibility on the company's valuation.
Weaknesses: Barrick Gold Corporation
Prospects from analysts covering the stock are not consistent. Such dispersed sales estimates confirm the poor visibility into the group's activity.